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REVIEW: Tchia's culture-driven island experience wows with representation and coziness

Nate Hermanson

Mar 20, 20239 min read

REVIEW: Tchia's culture-driven island experience wows with representation and coziness

Trek across Tchia's New Caledonia-inspired open world with childlike wonder.

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REVIEW: Redemption Reapers falls short of full tactical redemption

Nate Hermanson

Mar 10, 20238 min read

REVIEW: Redemption Reapers falls short of full tactical redemption

If struggle and hopelessness — in story AND gameplay — are your bread and butter, step right up.

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REVIEW: Return to Castlevania is a victory lap for the stellar Dead Cells

Nate Hermanson

Mar 6, 20237 min read

REVIEW: Return to Castlevania is a victory lap for the stellar Dead Cells

Dead Cells has earned its reputation as one of the best roguelikes of all time. But its best content yet JUST hit the market.

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REVIEW: Tails: The Backbone Preludes is the missing piece to the Backbone saga

Nate Hermanson

Mar 3, 20238 min read

REVIEW: Tails: The Backbone Preludes is the missing piece to the Backbone saga

We're happy to report that Backbone has found its missing vertebrae.

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REVIEW: Dreams in the Witch House wows with inventive point-and-click mysteries

Nate Hermanson

Feb 25, 20237 min read

REVIEW: Dreams in the Witch House wows with inventive point-and-click mysteries

A game of math, magic, and point-and-click mysteries.

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REVIEW: Chico and the Magic Orchards DX delights with Game Boy puzzle action

Nate Hermanson

Feb 4, 20237 min read

REVIEW: Chico and the Magic Orchards DX delights with Game Boy puzzle action

Chico and the Magic Orchards DX brings back the simplicity and satisfaction of Game Boy era puzzle platforming.

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REVIEW: Signalis proves classic survival horror still has a place

Nate Hermanson

Feb 1, 20239 min read

REVIEW: Signalis proves classic survival horror still has a place

Shrieking robots breaking the silence of grim halls. A fallible grasp on reality. Only six inventory slots. Will the horrors never end?!?!

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REVIEW: Let the bodies hit the floor - Prodeus is a bloody good time

Nate Hermanson

Jan 17, 20238 min read

REVIEW: Let the bodies hit the floor - Prodeus is a bloody good time

Prodeus: Not for the squeamish, but definitely for fans of the boomer shooter genre.

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REVIEW: Unwind with ToastieLabs' cozy new release WooLoop

Julie Cooper

Jan 8, 20236 min read

REVIEW: Unwind with ToastieLabs' cozy new release WooLoop

Cozy gamers take note and add some color to your world.

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REVIEW: Sci-fi gem I Was A Teenage Exocolonist bears high stakes and teen angst

Julie Cooper

Nov 26, 20226 min read

REVIEW: Sci-fi gem I Was A Teenage Exocolonist bears high stakes and teen angst

Teen life already means being a fish out of water...but being one of the first humans on an unfamiliar planet really raises the stakes, huh?

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REVIEW: The Case of the Golden Idol is one of the truest detective games

Nate Hermanson

Oct 31, 20228 min read

REVIEW: The Case of the Golden Idol is one of the truest detective games

A power-hungry family and an ancient relic wreak havoc in The Case of the Golden Idol, Color Gray studio's first game.

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REVIEW: Explore local legends in the GPS app-based Simulacra 3

Nate Hermanson

Oct 24, 20228 min read

REVIEW: Explore local legends in the GPS app-based Simulacra 3

Don't look now... but there's something spooky RIGHT THERE in your pocket.

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REVIEW: Jackbox Party Pack 9 is all about expanding your mind

Nate Hermanson

Oct 19, 20229 min read

REVIEW: Jackbox Party Pack 9 is all about expanding your mind

Jackbox Party Pack 9: Its highs are high and its lows are low, but the originality and absurdity is off the charts, as ever.

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REVIEW: Witch Strandings is a one-of-a-kind healing adventure

Nate Hermanson

Oct 13, 20227 min read

REVIEW: Witch Strandings is a one-of-a-kind healing adventure

The only thing Witch Strandings has in common with Strange Scaffold's previous works is that it's like nothing you've ever played before.

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REVIEW: Get weirdly relaxed while vacuuming up blood in Serial Cleaners

Nate Hermanson

Oct 7, 20227 min read

REVIEW: Get weirdly relaxed while vacuuming up blood in Serial Cleaners

Serial Cleaners serves up a PowerWash Simulator-like experience... but edgier.

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REVIEW: The Fridge Is Red and the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Nate Hermanson

Oct 3, 20226 min read

REVIEW: The Fridge Is Red and the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Six interrelated horror vignettes, a standoff with a fridge, and a spooky VHS filter. What could go wrong?

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REVIEW: Millennials are killing the restaurant industry—again!—in 4-player co-op thrill PlateUp!

Julie Cooper

Oct 1, 20226 min read

REVIEW: Millennials are killing the restaurant industry—again!—in 4-player co-op thrill PlateUp!

Alton Brown, eat your heart out. There's a new source of chaotic and competitive cooking entering the arena: PlateUp!

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REVIEW: Jack Move's comfortably compact cyber-RPG experience proves less is more

Nate Hermanson

Sep 29, 20226 min read

REVIEW: Jack Move's comfortably compact cyber-RPG experience proves less is more

Scamming corporations for a living? It ain't much, but it's honest work.

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REVIEW: Return to Monkey Island proves that going back can be a hard but rewarding thing

Nate Hermanson

Sep 22, 202210 min read

REVIEW: Return to Monkey Island proves that going back can be a hard but rewarding thing

Those aren't tears on my face, matey. It's just mist from all this seafarin'. ARGH.

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REVIEW: Meditate on a few iffy decisions in Retreat to Enen

Nate Hermanson

Sep 20, 20229 min read

REVIEW: Meditate on a few iffy decisions in Retreat to Enen

Maybe we're not cut out for meditation. Maybe Head West's Retreat to Enen wasn't cut out to be a survival game. Who's to say?

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